AMERICA’S POSITION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19434, 21 October 1925, Page 7

AMERICA’S POSITION

MUST SHE FOLLOW EUROPE? DIPLOMATIC QUARTERS EXERCISED. Received Oct. 20, 5.5 p.m. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. Considerations of vital importance regarding foreign relations and the international policy of the American Government have arisen in connection with the Locarno Treaty. Responsible diplomatic quarters are convinced that President Coolidge is wrong in the belief that the Locarno negotiations promote the project of another arms conference at Washington. They believe European leaders deliberately and •determinedly plan to deny President Coolidge’s hope to lead the world toward tax reduction through international action. Democrats see justification of Europe’s attitude, declaring that the United States should be in the League of Nations. Europe has waited patiently long enough for Washington to make a move, and is now justified in proceeding without the United States.

The general belief is that it is the spirit, not the place, of the disarmament conference that matters. They are positive the purpose of Europe is to force the United States to seek membership of the League of Nations and participate in an arms conference abroad. There is a feeling also that ■Europe will scoff at the importance of American adherence to the World Court. Coolidge partittins are unwilling to acknowledge that the agreement will have a pro-Wilson effect.

Debate by the Senate on the World’s Court is scheduled for December next.